Thursday, December 20, 2012

Me In A Book

My friend John Quinn notified me that my picture is in a crowd shot in the book "Fenway at 100." He then sent me a picture he took of the page in question. I was expecting my face among hundreds of other fans, but as you can see, I'm pretty noticeable! I'm the guy at left, in the red "Marzipan" t-shirt I got in 2005.

I figured out which game it was--the Padres one in June 2011 where I met Zack Hample. Photo gallery here.

About the crowd around me at the far edge of the first bleacher section next to the camera well, I said at the time:

"It was great. The back wall behind me, nobody but the two cameramen to the right of me, a quiet father/teen son in front of me, and an empty seat on my left, followed by teen boys who just talked about stats all night. And, like I said, short-sleeve weather."

And there they all are! Along with me, on page 54. And in the link above, you see me and Zack, with me in the Marzipan shirt. I love that I get to revisit that moment through someone else's lens.

I only vaguely have a memory of a guy taking pics from right next to me in the aisle between section 34 and the camera well.

What we're reacting to is probably David Ortiz's first at bat, a single to left where a run came in from third but the other runners were held up. I don't know what the hell I'm doing with that hand, either grabbing for the seat or my camera or something, but I seem really into it, wondering if we're gonna send that second runner.

Anyway, I love that I'm in that book. Whenever I see Fenway crowd shots, I look for myself or people I know--and here I am all close-up-like. Awesome. Thanks again to John for spotting this.

I should also add: If anyone's saying, Wait, David Ortiz wasn't hitting .399 in June--I gotta figure the stats on the board are some split, like, "David Ortiz vs. Lefties with Prosthetic Limbs, Career: .399, etc....."